- Tytuł:
- The concentration of carbon monoxide in the breathing areas of workers during logging operations at the motor-manual level
- Autorzy:
- Leszczyński, Krzysztof
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2178894.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2014-10-01
- Wydawca:
- Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
- Tematy:
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work
risk
Health
logging
forestry - Opis:
- Objectives: This article compares 2 variants of logging technologies at the motor-manual level: variant A – cutting and delimbing by means of a petrol chainsaw, skidding with the use of a cable winch mounted on a tractor (67–74 kW); variant B – cutting by means of a petrol chainsaw, skidding, debranching and cutting to length by means of a processor aggregated with a farm tractor (61 kW). Material and Methods: Direct dosimetry and non-parametric (moving block bootstrap) methods were used in order to specify the characteristics of the collected sets. Results: Bootstrap average values show that the average CO concentration at a skidding tractor operator’s station during early thinning was 2.54 mg×m⁻³. At processor operator’s station it amounted to 10.35 mg×m⁻³. Such results allow to conclude that a higher CO concentration at the above-mentioned 2 work stations was observed during early thinning. In the case of a petrol chainsaw operator, it was observed that the permissible exposure limit (23 mg×m⁻³) was exceeded and the short-term permissible exposure limit (117 mg×m⁻³) was not. The average concentration value for a chainsaw operator working individually during late thinning interventions was substantially lower (15.01 mg×m⁻³), which results from the lack of technological pressure that can be observed while cooperating with a processor operator. Conclusions: The risk increases along with conditions that generate the concentration of exhaust produced by 2-stroke petrol chainsaw engines.
- Źródło:
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International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health; 2014, 27, 5; 821-829
1232-1087
1896-494X - Pojawia się w:
- International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki